Re: Jerome Jerome

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:14:39 +1000

> > satori (spontaneous understanding) always tends to come at 
> > the most ridiculous time in the most unpredictable way - 
> > yes, even from a cab driver!
> 
> I confess that I lose my mind with laughter whenever I hit the passage
> in Chapter 12, with Horwitz the cabbie.  I absolutely know what it is
> like to be in the back seat with a lunatic cab driver who has his neck 
> craned around to look at the back seat rather than at what's in front of
> the cab.  I can't read that part without laughing out loud!  Three
> cheers for Horwitz (for Chrissakes)!

My boyfriend and I have often speculated that we have never really had a
totally normal cab driver. We marvel at our ability to pick the craziest
one at any given cab rank. We've had a guy we've had to wake up at the
lights. We've had a guy who took hairpin curves at nearly 90 miles an hour.
We've had a guy who slowed down almost to a halt at each and every cross
road. We've had a guy telling us how we can smash the state. I find them a
rich source of dramatic material (: As you say, hooray for the Horowitzes!

Camille 
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